Oxford Access Centre @ OCVC
The Oxford Access Centre (OAC) provides study needs assessments for any student who is applying for Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA). You do not need to be a student at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College to have your assessment here.
OCVC offers a range of services to students with disabilities. Please contact us to discuss any needs you may have.
Hearing support
The Hearing Support Centre at OCVC offers support to students who are deaf or have a hearing impairment. We can arrange individual programmes of support that enable students to have equal access to their chosen course. We can help with communication support, note-taking, tutorial support, hearing/hearing aid checks, signing, as well as deaf awareness for lecturers and fellow students.
Dyslexia support
Specialist screening and assessments for dyslexia are available to all students from our team of specialist teachers. This may lead to individual programmes of support, special examination arrangements and full diagnostic assessments.
Oxford Access Centre
The centre offers a friendly and supportive service for all students, especially those with a range of individual needs. Assistive technology is available for all students on each campus. Facilities include voice recognition, text to voice, screen magnifiers and readers for visually impaired students, speaking dictionaries, adapted keyboards and other equipment. Training takes place with an experienced trainer in a friendly and welcoming environment. The centre is DSA QAG accredited, offering needs evaluations for students applying for the Disabled Students’ Allowance who are progressing on to higher education.